Nos Quedamos and Pregones/PRTT continue to bring you Stage Garden Rumba (SGR) fiestas at South Bronx community gardens TODAY—Saturday, September 10th—from 2pm-5:30pm at Rincón Criollo - La Casita de Chema, located at 749 Brook Avenue (off 157th Street). This 6th season of SGR is dedicated to Bronx Bees & Honey.   This is a FREE outdoor event featuring artisans, poets, activists, musicians, and YOU!   Saturday's fiesta features: poets Paul LaTorre, Ray Jane, and Matthew Marroquín; DJ spins by DeLaCeiba; live music by Oñí Añá, Bámbula Project, and La Manga; and activists Fitzroy Christian and Edward García.

EMCEE Simply Rob – This Bronx-based poet and LGBTQ+ activist is one of the original members of El Grito De Poetas, an all-Latinx poetry collective. Among many other accolades, Rob is also the subject of the 2011 film “Simply Rob” by Tom Shrapnel.   MUSIC DeLaCeiba is an Hondureño born poet/rapper/DJ/scholar/father/husband/activist that grew up in South Central Los Angeles.   Oñí Añá is a group of drummers who have studied the art of batá drumming and the chants of the Yoruba tradition. Their aim is to show how these traditions are being passed on to and preserved by new generations via live performance.   Bámbula Project is a vibrant and dynamic quartet fusing Afro-Puerto Rican “Bomba” rhythms with Jazz, and led by Alex “Apolo” Ayala.   La Manga is a cultural identity laboratory honoring Black and Indigenous oral traditions, celebrating Afro-Colombian life through storytelling and bailes cantaos.   POETRY Paul LaTorre, aka Paulconqueso, is a poet, professor, publisher, performer, and activist from Newark, NJ.    Ray Jane is a Black female poet born in Brooklyn and raised in Far Rockaway Queens. She uses her poetry to lift herself and other women of color.   Matthew Marroquín is a Salvadorian-American writer, actor, and spoken word poet originally from the cornfields of Storm Lake, Iowa.   ACTIVISM Fitzroy Christian is a social justice and housing advocate and a member of the leadership team at Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA).    Edward Garcia is a proud Bronx resident who has lived in the borough since he moved to New York City from the Dominican Republic as a teenager.    ARTISANS Olga Ayala: “Hecho A Mano” handmade crafts. Jewelry and functional art in polymer. Stacey Toro – Herbal Crafted Body and Wellness Products. Offerings and products include tinctures, salves, body butters & herbal packs. Esperanza Martell – Hand-made Taíno-themed decorative plates. Click on map at below for directions.